Comments on: Problems with AncestryDNA’s Genetic Ethnicity Prediction?http://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2012/06/19/problems-with-ancestrydnas-genetic-ethnicity-prediction/
Adding DNA to the Genealogist's ToolboxMon, 05 Dec 2016 15:33:30 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1By: Phillip Hemphillhttp://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2012/06/19/problems-with-ancestrydnas-genetic-ethnicity-prediction/#comment-249598
Sun, 24 Jul 2016 10:27:40 +0000http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/?p=1686#comment-249598Don’t take your AncestryDNA results as definitive. Their ethnicity estimates are known to be inaccurate. Ancestry scores a 3 out of 10 on the Autosomal DNA test comparison chart, and at only 99$, you get what you pay for. I have tested with both AncestryDNA and 23andme. 23andme is far more accurate. If you want to see if you have African in you, I’d suggest testing with 23andme also. It always best to test with two companies to rule out certain ancestries.
]]>By: Cynthia McLaglenhttp://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2012/06/19/problems-with-ancestrydnas-genetic-ethnicity-prediction/#comment-249407
Fri, 22 Jul 2016 18:20:36 +0000http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/?p=1686#comment-249407Why should anyone be surprised that if they thought they were English that some of their ancestry is Scandinavian? When humans first came to England or the British Isles they walked across. The area was joined to Europe and the cold had become less severe and
animals such as the Mammoth, Sabre toothed Tiger, Woolly Rhino and Bears, many types of Deer and Wild Horses roamed the tundra. The Haplogroups which dominated and still do are the Anglo Saxons Gaels and Scandinavians, the Latter divided into Danish/Sweden and the Norse. Since then we have been having wars, intermarrying, going on our travels around Europe and the words to describe people from modern countries like German, Italian, Spanish, French did not exist. Gael dominate the whole of Europe and the “blondies” (who one might describe as “fair” AND COME IN EVERY SHADE TO VE
]]>By: stevehttp://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2012/06/19/problems-with-ancestrydnas-genetic-ethnicity-prediction/#comment-249207
Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:26:52 +0000http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/?p=1686#comment-249207you Irish people are always throwing with dark skin and black hair. The people from Spain are fair skin and light eyes please know your facts before throwing your dark hair skin comment at us and blame you own African roots. not ours
]]>By: Penny Gardnerhttp://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2012/06/19/problems-with-ancestrydnas-genetic-ethnicity-prediction/#comment-247451
Thu, 07 Jul 2016 18:15:14 +0000http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/?p=1686#comment-247451There is no way that ANY DNA company can zero in on what actual village an ancestor lived. That is where family history and paperwork must come in. It is true that ‘western Europe’ covers a large territory, but considering the wars that have changed not only nation borders but villages as well, it is impossible to narrow down the areas through DNA. Many cities today that are now in France, used to be Germany, as an example. And so far, unless we are referring to those who lived in southern France after the Crusade, there has been no DNA test so far to differentiate between the English and French. Those who have a family history of Southern France many times are darker complexioned because there were rapes from the Arabs when they invaded France as well as Sicily, southern Italy, and Spain.

Great Britain is now very diverse; some Brits today will tell you that those of us who had Colonial ancestors here in the U.S. have more true English/Anglo blood that much of the population of London today. Times change; humans migrate. Even if we had an ancestor who lived in Ireland for hundreds of years but were of German blood and didn’t marry a true Celtic, then our DNA will show “Western European”, not English. It doesn’t matter where our ancestors have lived or migrated to over the years, their DNA tells who they really were. My ancestry goes back to the Colonies but most of my family has been in the U.S. since the early-mid 1600’s. But my DNA results does not show “America”, south, middle or north, or any other continent on the planet. I am 100% European, but that doesn’t reflect all the places my ancestors had lived.

]]>By: GIllhttp://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2012/06/19/problems-with-ancestrydnas-genetic-ethnicity-prediction/#comment-247391
Thu, 07 Jul 2016 09:12:38 +0000http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/?p=1686#comment-247391But surely it doesn’t matter how long your family was in America, if none of them had a child with a Native American there would be no Native American DNA.. IF you have documented evidence of actual Native American ancestors, then please just ignore my comment.
]]>By: ROBERThttp://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2012/06/19/problems-with-ancestrydnas-genetic-ethnicity-prediction/#comment-246860
Mon, 04 Jul 2016 02:09:47 +0000http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/?p=1686#comment-246860ansestery dna is so vague 67% western european not a village or town or a country but all of western europe. there so meleading in there commercials.am not bitching just disapointed
]]>By: Jeffhttp://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2012/06/19/problems-with-ancestrydnas-genetic-ethnicity-prediction/#comment-246379
Thu, 30 Jun 2016 18:54:35 +0000http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/?p=1686#comment-246379Actually think Ancestry is fairly accurate now. My wife is a special case. Her family line is exclusively in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and NE North Carolina. Two areas that have seen very little intermingling until the last 100 or so years. Her DNA tested 75% Great Britain. According to Ancestry, natives of Great Britain come in at 60%. Her ancestors have lived in these isolated communities since the 1700s. It makes a lot of sense that they would not have much admixture.
]]>By: Wildehttp://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2012/06/19/problems-with-ancestrydnas-genetic-ethnicity-prediction/#comment-246237
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 21:15:34 +0000http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/?p=1686#comment-246237I also have American Indian ancestry and can track genealogical documents back quite far. My results from AncestryDNA reported 69% Great Britian, 12% Italy/Greece, 10% Scandinavian, and a small percentage of Other-none of which included Native American ancestry. My heart was pounding for a few minutes as I was trying to figure out where the Italian/Greek comes into play–when I realized it must be from way way back. I have no record of this lineage.
]]>By: Pennyhttp://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2012/06/19/problems-with-ancestrydnas-genetic-ethnicity-prediction/#comment-245654
Sat, 25 Jun 2016 17:51:53 +0000http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/?p=1686#comment-245654More than likely, your theory is correct. Here again, many of our ancestors when settling in a new region (no matter how long ago it was), adopted the new language which also meant, if not a new surname, they revised their names to sound more like the new culture. Some still married within their original nationality due to religion, etc., so they didn’t get too much “new” DNA in their blood. My results were just the opposite… I have more German/Irish than English, which is the reverse of what I had assumed.
]]>By: Heather Mhttp://thegeneticgenealogist.com/2012/06/19/problems-with-ancestrydnas-genetic-ethnicity-prediction/#comment-245642
Sat, 25 Jun 2016 16:39:49 +0000http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/?p=1686#comment-245642I was also VERY surprised when I got my test results back from AncestryDNA. All of my life I was told that I was German, Irish, and Welsh. I mean, with surnames such as Yeager, Reinhardt, and Volkert, I was positive my results would come back like 75% German , and the rest a mix of Irish and Welsh. My grandmother’s family immigrated to the US from Baden- Baden Germany.

I was stunned at first, and said, I think they mixed my results with someone else's! Once it sank in, I called my mom and made a joke about being switched at birth!
Crazy how things turn out. I'm figuring some of my ancestors (the "Germans") were probably vikings who settled in Germany. That's the only realistic explanation I can come up with.